Tartown, Pennsylvania
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Tartown, formerly an unincorporated community, is now an extinct community that was located in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.
History
[edit]The remains of Tartown are located on property of the Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Borough Authority[1] and in the adjacent Michaux State Forest in Hamiltonban Township.
The name of the former town reportedly originated from the local production of pine tar. Wagamansville was a variant name.[2][3]
The locale has in part been inundated by the reservoir that was created by the construction of the Waynesboro Dam on the East Branch of the Antietam Creek.[4][5]
Gallery
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Waynesboro Reservoir, Tartown
References
[edit]- ^ "Adams County Parcel Locator". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ "GNIS Feature Detail". US Geological Survey. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ USGS 1:62500 Topographical Map. Fairfield, PA, Quadrangle. 1909.
- ^ "GNIS Feature Detail". US Geological Survey. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
- ^ USGS 1:62500 Topographical Map. Fairfield, PA, Quadrangle. 1909.